Statewatch | EU prepares to give US direct access to police and immigration databases
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The massive increase in violent immigration raids, detention and deportation underway in the US has put off many people from visiting the country. Soon there may be yet another reason to think twice about taking a trip to the “land of the free”: US immigration and law enforcement agencies could be given the power to search European databases, to identify people posing “a threat to US security.”

The EU is planning to strike a deal with the US that would let the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies search European databases to identify people posing “a threat to US security,” according to a proposal published by the European Commission at the end of July.

  • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orgEnglish
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    4 days ago

    This together with German politicians wanting to have a list of all transgender people that change their name is really cool! Awesome! I love it!

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      Wouldn’t you already have that for when anyone changes their name?

      • ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Only under special circumstances are they allowed to access this information. There is not one big database for every federal agency to browse through willy nilly.

      • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        You can’t really change your name in germany just like that. The only other reason to do so that I know of is getting married and then it’s just the last name.

          • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orgEnglish
            11·
            3 days ago

            Sigh… you might wanna read the whole comment chain. The last comment was about changing your name outside of being trans.

            • ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              11·
              3 days ago

              The previous commenter was not asking about anything but trans though. And it doesn’t really matter anyways because you can change your name for other reasons as well.

              • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orgEnglish
                11·
                3 days ago

                No, they were asking for “anyone who changes their name”. And yes there are a few specific reasons when you are able to change your name but not, like I said, just like that.

                Why are your comments smelling like “Uhm Aktschually” from reddit?